I might be able to hit London to celebrate Holiday? (CF, Daftbeaker, Black Bart, all the other UK pastafarians).

"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical or cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." ~ Bill Hicks."To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine."One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln."I linked the number of MPs to the number of votes. If you'd done a real Science degree you'd understand sticking to the point." ~ daftbeaker.

a completely Global meeting is... really complicated, if only for our UK friends.

North America, however, could do something. Perhaps an East coast and a West coast, or central... depending on where people are.

So first we need to decide who exactly, or what region, would be attending said gathering. Then we need to find a time. I suppose the only holiday that works is Talk Like A Pirate Day, but that's during school for me this year (or at least on a school weekend), so I wouldn't be able to make that, unless it was local, i.e. in Washington D.C.

Which could work, we could march on the lawn with like, 5-15 people and not tell anyone.

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The availability of ET's place hinges upon the cooperation of Mrs. T, a commodity not in plentiful abundance at this time. There is ET's camp, a bit further north and lacking in several modern amenities, but slightly more available than the residence. Also somewhat difficult to find, but that could be worked around. There are facilities to sleep perhaps a dozen or so, depending on how friendly everyone is feeling. Showering a dozen or so people there could take a while. There are cooking facilities, a flush toilet, hot water, and four "bedrooms", though not all the "bedrooms" have doors, and two of them are pretty small. There is currently no refrigerator, the floors are far from level, and a somewhat musty odor prevails. There's also \/this lake 53 feet from the camp.And \/this one is six miles up the road.Nothing is a slam-dunk at this point, very little of my life is my own.

"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.-- Philip K DickOK, now let's look at four dimensions on the blackboard.-- Dr. JoyEnglish isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."

Heck ET that's not roughing it, that sounds pretty posh to me.Our friends had a cabin we all helped to build up in NY State. No running water, toilet was a hole in the ground with an appropriate box on top with toilet seat on it, which wasn't bad except in the middle of the night (it was set up about 50 feet into the woods), shower was a five gallon bucket of water heated over campfire, which 4 people had to share and it was outside. Jumping in the lake to get clean looks like alot more fun.We did have 4 solid walls and a roof and woodstove once project was completed. We all shared the loft for sleeping.

As long as the weather isn't cold, we have a truck tent so our bedroom can arrive with us.(besides, I wouldn't subject anyone to Mr. Ts's nightly tooting)

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THAT is my idea of camping TS! Do you knw what i think the most important piece of camping equipment is? A bottle of Everclear 190 proof! Light and easy to carry, and serves many purposes. You can clean wounds with it, use it as smelling-salts, start the fire with it and , of course, pour about 1 cup into a pitcher of crystal light drink mix and get everybody drunk!

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